Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 4039, William Gilman, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N.H.
Gilman, William Anna
PP. 4039
CONTENTS

DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, of the 7th July, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset County, ss.
On this nineteenth day of June A. D., 1839, personally appeared before the Honorable Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State in Open Court at Norridgewock in said county, Anna Gilman
a resident of Norridgewock in the County of Somerset and State of Maine, aged seventy six years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, passed July 7th, 1838, entitled "An Act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows;" That she is the widow of William Gilman late of Freedom in the county of Waldo formerly of Gilmanton in New Hampshire deceased who she has reason to believe and does verily believe was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and served thru months during the fall of 1777 as a captain in Bennington's company in the New Hampshire troops and was at the taking of Burgoyne ; That she verily believes that he also served nine months as a private in the year 1778 in Col. Wentworth's company of the same troops, and served at Rhode Island That his lieutenant (Dearborn) was killed at that place That Jonathan Bean, Isaac Walker & Jonathan Cote enlisted & served as privates in the same company & refer to the rolls of the New Hampshire troops for further evidence of his service . She further declares, that she was married to the said William Gilman
on the fifteenth day of June in the year seventeen hundred and Eighty ; that her husband, the aforesaid William
Gilman died on the twenty fourth day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty six, at Freedom ; that
she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated; that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. That her maiden name
was Anna Thomas ; that she has made diligent search and suit to her native town in New Hampshire but can find no record of her marriage; and has no family record of marriages but has a family record of the birth of her children, which is hereto annexed
Witness, William Allen, Jr. Hezekiah C. Mitchell
Anna her X  Gilman mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before me,
Nathan Weston C.J. S. J. C. Court

I Hoseah C. Mitchell a resident of Bridgewater in the county of Somerset, State of Maine aged thirty one years declare on oath in open Court that I am a son in law of the within named Anna Gilman; my wife being the daughter of the within named William Gilman & Victoria Gilman: and that I know that said William Gilman who was reported to be a Revolutionary soldier died at Freedom in the county of Waldo on the twenty fourth day of July Eighteen hundred & twenty and that the within named Anna Gilman has remained a widow ever since that period and lives in the house with me: and I further testify that I firmly believe that the annexed family record of the births of the children of said William & Anna is genuine and has been referred to as evidence of the ages of the several children ever since I was acquainted with the family. I also testify that I last winter made a journey to New Hampshire for the purpose of finding a record of the marriage of said William & Anna but could find no record of marriages kept in the town of that date.
Hoseah C. Mitchell State of Maine } Supreme Judicial Court at Bridgewater June 1839 Somerset ss. } Subscribed & sworn to in open Court Attest Joshua Gould, Clerk STATE OF MAINE.
Somerset ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court in & for said County hereby CERTIFY, That the Hon. Nathan Weston before whom the proceedings were had, is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of said State. I also CERTIFY, That the within annexed paper contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Anna Gilman for a pension.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court, this nineteenth day of June A. D., 1839.
Joshua Gould, Clerk

List of the ages of W m Gilman's children July 4 th . William Gilman was born in the year 1757 December Anna Gilman was born Sept 15 th 1762 Jonathan Perkins was born February 11 th 1782 David Gilman was born August 14 1783 Sally Gilman was born July 20 1785 Nancy Gilman was born July 20 1785 Abigail Gilman was born January 1 st 1788 Susannah Gilman was born May 1 st 1790 Smith Gilman was born August 16 1792 Elizabeth Gilman was born May 29 1795 Molly Gilman was born July 4 1798 Sarah Gilman was born February 8 1801 Jonathan Thomas was born April 18 1740
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State of Maine & Is. County of Somerset
I Anna Gilman an applicant for a pension declare on oath that this sheet contains is an original family record containing a record of the age of my late husband William Gilman, my own age the ages of our children & the ages of my late father Jonathan Thomas that the said has remained in my custody ever since the death of my said husband and had been in his custody a long time before his decease.
Witness William Allen Jr Benedict C Mitchell
Her Anna x Gilman mark
Sworn & subscribed before me William Allen, Jr. a Justice of the Peace in & for the county of Somerset & State of Maine this eleventh day of June 1839 and I certify that the deponent is a credible & intelligent witness that I found this in her custody among other papers of her late husband
William Allen, Jr. Justice of Peace
William Allen Jr Justice of Peace
Humility Wisdom
Glory Love

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1863
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4039
P. O. _____
Anna Gilman
Service: wid. of William
REJECTED
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contract.
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

5697
See Geo. W. Morton, 6:
Sep. '39
to Walter Nichols
July 6 '47
Hon. H. Hamlin, Feb. 29/56
Oct 7. July 38.

Belfast June 23 rd 1847
Sir.
By request of Anna Gilman, Widow of William Gilman Deceased I herewith enclose to you the Certificate of Service of said William Gilman
It appears by said Certificate that he enlisted into the 8 Months Service, that 3 moths & 8 days service is proved, and his name on an order for Military Coats, nearly 8 Months after, and on the roll, at the return of said Company, — I wish to know what will be the decision of the Department in like cases (where the records are imperfect) if it will be taken for granted that he served until from April 30 th to Dec. 25 th as no record of discharge or new enlistment is recorded; or want more proof to establish the fact
If you can give any information where the records of Col. Smith Reg't. May be found &c you would incur a favour
The Declaration of the Widow before a Court of Record; and the proof of Marriage &c will be sent to your Office if enough service is proved. to entitle her to the Act of 1836
I am very Respectfully Your Ob't. Servant Walter Nichols
Belfast Maine
Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
December 28 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of William Gilman is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt Jeremiah Gilman's Company, in Col John Wiswall's regt. in the Eight Months Service, as a private of Plaslow, from April 30 1775. 3 Months and 8 days. Upon a Return of Said Company, in Said Regt, as a private of Plaslow, No Service Named — and Said return is Not dated. — Upon an Order of Said Company for Military Coats, dated Winter Hill, December 25 1775. — The roll of Capt Worthington, Col Boyd. The roll of Capt Kimball, Col Smith. The above

is all the evidence of Service of any one of the name, shown by the Military in this Office,
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I, Anna Gilman of eighty five years of age Widow of Wm. Gilman Deceased on oath do testify and declare that I have reason & good reason to believe that the said William Gilman enlisted from the Town of Gilmantown State of New Hampshire for the term of Nine Months, and served that time in Capt. Worthing's Company in the Reg't. Commanded by Col. Boyd, (or some name like Boyd) in a campaign at Narragansett, Rhode Island. And at a nother time, served about three Months in Capt. Kimball's Company of the Regiment Commanded by Col. Eben'r. Smith, at the Capture of General Burgoin's Army at Saratoga, New York. Therefore I request a Copy of the records in your Office of his services in the Revolution War that I may take the advantage of the Pension Act of 1836. - Given under
Witness.
Agness Mitchell
My hand this tenth day Oct. A.D. 1846
Anna her Gilman mark
State of Maine
Waldo S.S. - Oct. 10th 1846
Personally appeared the above named Anna Gilman and made oath that the foregoing declaration by her subscribed was true, before Me
Walter Nichols Justice of the Peace

Anna Gilman, widow of William Gilman Service in Revolutionary War
3 Months in 1777 in Captain Kimball's Comp.
9 Months 1778 in Captain Worthen's Comp. over Hampshire Line
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Maine
n 80 d 28
4039
Georgetown Augusta Maine

State of New Hampshire Secretarys Office
I hereby certify that the within named Ebenezer Pitcairn at the date of his attestation was a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Strafford duly constituted and commissioned and that to his acts and attestations as such full faith and credit are and ought to be given in and out of Court.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the State this 29th day of January Cyrus Dorrini 1839.
John Whipple Secretary

I Stephen J Pitman depose and say that I am Town Clerk of Meredith in the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire that I have examined the records of said Town and do not find any records of the Marriage of Wm Gilman and Anne Thomas
Stephen J Pitman Town Clerk
Of Meredith
Meredith January the 2 1839 Personally appeared Stephen J Pitman the above named and made oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true before me Albert Pitman Justice Peace

Dear Sir I have been to see John Smith son of Darius Smith and he told me that I had his fathers Papers once but as he supposed they would be of no use he burnt up the most of them he also said that he kept a Record of Marriages but it was destroyed
If you should wish for any further information Please write to me
Yours Respectfully
Stephen J. Pitman

In Meredith November
183/4
William Marto Esq
Luguska
Main
n 80 d 28
3697
Francis Gilman, owner of William Gilman's share in Revolutionary War 3 Months in 1777 in Captain Kimball's Comp. - 9 Months 1778. in Captain Wentworth's Comp. & over Hampshire Line
4039
Postmaster Augusta Maine

Augusta, Maine,
June 25. 1839.
Sir
I herewith transmit the papers of Mrs Anna Gorman, an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of July 7. 1838. Please to send me, for her, a pension Certificate, if the papers are deemed sufficient to establish her claim.
I am respectfully
Your obed Servt
Gov. Winthrop
James L Edwards Esq Commr of Pensions Washington City D.C.

State of Maine } To Before me William County of Somerset } Allen Jr a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Somerset personally appeared Anna Gilman a resident of Stridgewick in said county aged seventy six years widow of William Gilman deceased who was a soldier in the Revolution: and after being first sworn according to law, doth on her oath declare that in support of her original application for a pension that after her marriage to her said husband to wit in the year eighteen hundred and eighty six she then said William Gilman exchanged land with her  unfurnished Ephraim Bickford and that she joined with her said husband in the conveyance & signed the deed, and at the same time the said Ephraim Bickford executed the within deed which remained amongst her said husband's papers at the time of his decease on the thirteenth of July 1826 and has remained in her custody ever since. That she has made diligent inquiry but can find no record of her marriage in any town or parish but Bickford it is conjectured that it took place as she has before stated on the fifteenth day of June Gilman one thousand eight hundred and eighty: That her son David Gilman now living was born the eleventh day of August seventeen hundred and eighty three as will fully appear by the annexed original family record Witness Hon. Allen Jr Jeremiah C. Mott Clerk
Sworn & subscribed this eleventh day of June 1839 before me and I certify that the deponent is a person by me well known and a credible witness; That I found this deed in her custody among the papers of her late husband; That the word six was written over an erasure before signing. State of Maine } County of Somerset } ss. William Allen Jr. Jus. Peace. I Soshua Gould Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in the county of Somerset do hereby certify that William Allen Jr. is a Justice of the Peace in and for said county duly commissioned & qualified; that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said county. This eleventh day of June 1839 } Soshua Gould Clerk

Know all men by these presents that I Ephraim Bickford of Gilmanstown in the county of the Stratford & State of New Hampshire yeoman for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds lawful money to me in hand well and truly paid by William Gilman of the said Gilmanstown & County and State aforesaid assigns do sell convey and confirm unto the said William Gilman his heirs yeoman a certain tract or parcel of land in Gilman- town and is part of lot number eight in the eighth range beginning at the number tree between B6 and B7 and to run the whole length of said eighth lot carrying an equal breadth until it makes up the number of eighty acres with the buildings standing thereon
To have and to hold said Granted premises with the appurtenances to him the said William Gilman his heirs and assigns as an estate in fee simple forever and I the said Ephraim Bickford do covenant and engage to and with the said William Gilman and his heirs and assigns that I have good right to sell and convey the premises as aforesaid that they are free and clear from all encumbr- ances whatsoever and that I my heirs executors administrators will warrant as and defend the same against the lawful claims or demand from any person or persons whomsoever witness my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of August A.D. 1786 Signed Sealed & delivered in presents of us
Jonathan Dow Joseph Badger Jr.
Ephraim Bickford Ladia his Bickford mark
As the words do sell convey and confirm unto the said William Gilman his heirs assigns was interlined before signed Stratford & Gilmanstown August the 26 y 1786 then the above named Ephraim Bickford appeared acknowledged the above instrument to be his free act and deed Before me Joseph Badger Jr. Jus peace